<p>What does one really need to get into Cornell. In particular, I would like to hear from the students who attend Cornell. The GPA, ECs, Recommendations, Essays, etc?</p>
<p>it all depends on wat you got. really. i know this isnt what you want to hear, but if you put together a good application and show that you are truely interested, you will probably get in. i had a 3.35 GPA (actually its a 9.2/11), 2220 SAT I, 800 M2 and 760 P. my ECs were not that great. I wasnt head of anything. i didnt receive any national awards. but i had 2 years of experience in working at a hospital, one of which was spent shadowing a surgeon. i built my app around those two summers and now am glad to say that i will be attending cornell next fall. write about what turns you on, what gets you going. if they see that you are passionate about what you claim to be passionate about, and your stats are decent, you will be fine.</p>
<p>i hope that i have been of some help, and good luck with the app.</p>
<p>See, my GPA is not the best in the world either, but I also volunteer at the Hospital. Did you apply early admission? Is your GPA weighted or unweighted?</p>
<p>I take 5 AP classes (out of 6 possible classes per day), two sports (swimming in Winter, Tennis in Spring) and I am very passionate about med-school. Junior in High school. Current unweighted GPA (without this years courses) 3.1 .</p>
<p>i go to phillips exeter academy in NH
i was just able to take 2 APs this year
so i had zero APs under my belt. I applied ED to CALS bio and i got in</p>
<p>What actions did you take as a junior? Are private schools looked upon differently that public?</p>
<p>Anybody else have any comments?</p>
<p>my GPA is 3.35 UW</p>
<p>from my experience, ive found out that colleges put kids up against their peers from their own school. or at least with the private schools. it would be unfair to put a kid from public school up against a kid from a private school. they cant be compared. thats why SATs are probably the best way to compare kids...but even that has its faults. i wish i had more activities that showed my passion. stuff i truely gave two cents about. maybe found a club for the leadership position. show that youre just not numbers. get to building relationships with a couple good teachers. for recs.</p>
<p>Oh ok......anything else?</p>
<p>Mr Ducky</p>
<p>EXETER! Thats explains alot.</p>
<p>Business_Freak, what does EXETER mean?</p>
<p>Exeter is one of the most prestigious high schools in the US. They send a large proportion of their students to Ivy Leagues every year, even kids with not so hot gpas.</p>
<p>and also, this is what an admissions officer told me when i was a junior, and i believed him then as i do now: dont think about the numbers. they are way to intimidating if you think about them. they will only serve to diminish your confidence so all you need to worry about is writing great essays, forming solid relationships and doing as well as possible on the tests. make sure to do a good job in putting together your app (i can not stress this to you enough). the rest is outta your control</p>
<p>Woooo! I'm a CALS bio major as well, Rubber Ducky.</p>
<p>Nove: GPA isn't everything in college admissions, but it does give the committee an initial impression of an applicant. In my opinion, it's all relative. If you're applying as a history major and your grades aren't stellar in another subject, then it'll all balance out. Write passionate essays, get excellent recommendations... and all that jazz.</p>
<p>thanx. anyone else have any comments? they would be truely appreciated.</p>
<p>that is not fair.
this year has been terrible.
kids have been deferred from dartmouth, brown and columbia. kids with great gpas, even by exeter standards. one incident that absolutely destroys any shred of hope i had in the college admissions process was when a kid i knew got into dartmouth, with no ECs watsoever, terrible gpa (around an 8 outta 11) and all because of a trustee letter his friends dad wrote for him. i think that is absolutely preposterous that he took other kids' spot. but thats how it is.</p>
<p>most of us work very hard for our grades and most teachers at school do not grade us properly. I have seen essays that would get an A at andover or deerfield, two very respectable schools, but get Bs at exeter. the teachers are on a rampage...</p>
<p>gobigred731, after seeing my GPA and EDs, what do you think? Chance, No Chance, Chance to improve??</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>nove wat are your GPA, scores and ECs?</p>